Have you ever stopped to think about the sheer amount of information that your brain collects and processes to make decisions? What you notice and why? How and when do you recognize risks rather than unknowingly filter out the mass of information that is safely ignored? Just as our intelligence provides us with a remarkable capability to make judgments by integrating and examining a wide variety of data, recent technology advances are enabling new insights and automated determination of risk for data security.

Data is inextricably linked to most organization’s intellectual property, revenue stream, and/or competitive advantage. Consequently, sensitive data risk and security is a Board-level concern that can impact the very heart of the business. You see this reflected in the language of 10K statements, which has evolved from “incidents have been insignificant” and “our systems may be vulnerable” to “our systems are vulnerable” and “we have recorded significant expenses.” And, more recently: “we cannot ensure that we can identify, prevent, or contain the effects of attacks.”

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